Danish man,Peter Nielsen Sentenced To Death By Hanging For Killing His Nigerian Wife & Their Daughter

Peter Nielsen, Zainab and Their Daughter,Petra

After 4 years of trial, a Court Sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square of Lagos Island today sentenced Peter Nielsen to death by hanging for killing his Nigerian wife ,Zainab aka Alizee and her 3-ear-old daughter, Petra.

Recall, Peter was arrested in 2018 after he strangled both his wife and daughter in their Banana island apartment and tried to stage a scene insinuating that had died due to gas suffocation.

Well, the court has found him guilty of the crime. In a judgment that lasted over five hours, Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile found Nielsen guilty of two counts of murder contrary to Section 223 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos, 2015.

The Lagos State Government had accused Nielsen then 53 of smothering the two to death on April 5, 2018, at about 3.45am at their Banana Island residence in the Ikoyi area of the state.

Nielsen,at his arraignment on June 13, 2018, pleaded not guilty to the two counts of murder before his trial commenced.

In her judgment, Justice Okikiolu-Ighile said she relied on the post-mortem examination carried out by the consultant pathologist, Professor John Obafunwa on the deceased persons.

According to the pathologist, Zainab and Petra died of head injuries and asphyxia (or suffocation) which could not have been self-inflicted.

His examination had suggested that Zainab was killed when her nose and mouth were forcibly closed which deprived her of oxygen.

She had also suffered bruises on her head and neck which were consistent with blunt force trauma.

Channels News reports that, on whether the deaths were caused by the defendant (Peter Nielsen), the court recounted several testimonies given by the prosecution witnesses including a housemaid, Zainab’s sibling and two police officers who testified of incidents of domestic violence perpetrated by Mr Nielsen on his wife.

The court particularly held that Zainab’s sister, Pepe, was a witness of truth. She had testified about a fight she witnessed between the couple in 2017, adding that the defendant had threatened to kill her if she ever told anyone about what she saw.

The Alhaji Musa hit maker until her death was just 37-year old and was promoting the single before she was prematurely strangled.